Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
HOMILETICAL
homiletic, homiletical
(adjective) of or relating to homiletics; “homiletic speech”
homiletic, homiletical
(adjective) of the nature of a homily or sermon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
homiletical (comparative more homiletical, superlative most homiletical)
Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
Of or relating to homiletics; homiletic; hortatory.
Source: Wiktionary
Hom`i*let"ic, Hom`i*let"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. homilétique. See Homily.]
1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.
2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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